Patrick McMahon
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Scooter-Riding Man Checks His Phone As Sinkhole Opens, Falls In
A Chinese man on a scooter flew into a gaping sinkhole in the road in front of him all because he was apparently looking at his cellphone. → Read More
Texas Man Bought a Billboard That Delivered A Texas-Sized Message About Donald Trump and the Media
One Texas man took to a billboard to show his disgust with the American media. → Read More
At one of America’s greatest national parks, scientists watch for signs of a fiery and violent past
Yellowstone National Park is unique, valuable, and even sacred—but underneath the park is an active volcano unlike anything we've ever seen. → Read More
A young mother survives a car accident only to face the same charges as the guy who hit her at 94 miles per hour
Police say one of their own officers was behind the wheel of the other car. → Read More
Leaked DCCC email shows them taking a very different stance on “thoughts and prayers”
One week after 17 died in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the DCCC tweeted "When kids are killed, they send thoughts and prayers. It's unacceptable. #GunReformNow." → Read More
A naked man on a banana-yellow ATV terrorizes a city’s roadways at high speed
What did you do this weekend? A naked man — named by police as Johnathon A. Menth, 20 — allegedly led police on a high-speed chase in the Kansas City area for over an hour on Sunday afternoon that quickly took a turn for the strange as he traded his clothes for the feeling of the wind in his hair, and his car for a stolen banana-yellow ATV. It’s not clear at this time when Menth allegedly lost… → Read More
The armed officer who never faced the Douglas High School shooter has released his first statement
The statement comes days after his former boss, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, publicly torched Peterson in a blunt press conference, saying "He never went in." → Read More
A serial robber meets his match in a mom-and-daughter team
Warning: this video contains graphic content. An Oklahoma liquor store has released footage of two cashiers pulling pistols and opening fire, reportedly disrupting an attempted armed robbery at the store. The footage from the Forest Acres Liquor Store in Tulsa dates to Thursday around 6:00 p.m. The suspect — identified by police as Tyrone Lee, a suspect in at least 10 other robberies in the area… → Read More
School resource officer was one of “several” Broward County officers who backed down from the school shooting
"Please know that this issue will be addressed, and the truth will come out in time..." → Read More
Sheriff says armed officer assigned to Douglas High School abandoned his duty as the shooting started
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says he was "devastated" and "sick to stomach" at the revelations. → Read More
Another high schooler was stopped with a loaded gun, but it’s what he had at home that’s even scarier
Court documents say Chen told police he "felt anxious from social interactions between himself and students." → Read More
Trump announces new gun control measures less than one week after the school shooting in Florida
This is a developing story. → Read More
President Donald Trump just endorsed an old enemy for Senate
Trump has called the would-be Senator "one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics" and a "dope." → Read More
A Columbine survivor is now taking aim at “gun-free zones” as a state lawmaker
"The one common theme with mass shootings," he says, is that "they occur in gun-free zones." → Read More
After the Douglas High School shooting, one man made sure his AR could never kill
"No one without a law enforcement badge needs this rifle... I enjoyed shooting this rifle immensely but I don’t need it." → Read More
A pitiful burglary goes from “Crime Pays” to crime pains with one poor brick toss
"If all burglars were like this, we wouldn’t need to work overtime." → Read More
Football coach died shielding students from gunfire during Florida high school shooting
He was reportedly hospitalized and is in critical condition. → Read More
It was a dispute between their girlfriends, but two guys settled it with swords
The two reportedly knew each other before the fight. → Read More
A real estate developer must now pay millions in damages — to graffiti artists who had painted his building
21 graffiti artists are a lot richer today. → Read More
A couple found “doo-do-looking stuff” on their Little Caesar’s, and the health department had some very bad news for them
"All of them were looking at my pizza dumbfounded as if they didn’t know what’s going on..." → Read More